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dw BO NES FILM TIME: 40 SECS
T LIVE The bones of Queen Tut were dug from their resting
place in a field W west of the University of Texas
at Arlington today. U-T-A geology professor, Doctor
Charles McNulty, buried them there six years ago,
after the 44 -year-old elephant died in Fort Worth
Zoo.
FILM IN - RUNS 40 SECS
The plan w o resurrect the bones for display in
U-T-A s new Life Science building wen it is completed
next January. But the city of Arlington has begun
construction of a street through the area, so the
skeleton had to be rescued ahead of schedule' In her
the 75-hundred-pound )
lifetime,/QueenTut was a favorite of youngsters
on hand)
visiting the zoo, were :for her dis-
interment today. No marker had been placed at the
rave, however. And for two-and-a-half hours. no one
was absolutely certain they were digging in the right
spot. The first bones were uncovered about five feet
down. Doctor McNulty and his students wielded shovels
for several more hours...and finally, late today, the
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Bones], script, June 19, 1970, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1328980/m1/1/?q=%22university%20of%20texas%20at%20arlington%22: accessed November 8, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.